Stuttgart man wakes up to find intruders in home

Possible charges in the case could include residential burglary, which is a felony, and third-degree battery, a misdemeanor charge.

Leigh Hahn-Kreimeier @SDL_Leigh

A Stuttgart man allegedly woke up to intruders in his home early Sunday morning, according to the report he filed with the Stuttgart Police Department.

While grabbing the hood one of the suspects was wearing, the man yelled for his wife to call police. SPD officers arrived at the home, located in the 2000 block of North Buerkle, at 1:28 a.m.

“He stated he woke up and heard the patio door sliding open and went into the kitchen to check it out and saw people standing inside the kitchen,” SPD Sgt. Keith Smith wrote in his incident report.

When the suspects saw the man they ran from the home. The man grabbed the hood on one of the suspects’ shirts, and the two began to fight. The man said the suspect hit him on the head with something and ran out the carport door. The man described the two suspects as around six-feet tall, dressed in dark clothing and both wearing hooded sweatshirts.

The victim had a swollen right eye and cuts on his left arm and back, according to the report. Nothing was stolen from the house, but a bottle of Jack Daniels liquor was recovered. It was found under the couch.

“It had to belong to the suspect(s) because he and his wife don’t drink,” Smith said.

Possible charges in the case could include residential burglary, which is a felony, and third-degree battery, a misdemeanor charge.